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Word Wall. Unit 2 Mesopotamia . Stylus. The Sumerians used a sharpened reed called a Stylus to press markings into a clay tablet . Cuneiform . Sumerians began to use symbols made of wedge shapes and lines. . Scribes.

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  1. Word Wall Unit 2 Mesopotamia

  2. Stylus • The Sumerians used a sharpened reed called a Stylus to press markings into a clay tablet

  3. Cuneiform Sumerians began to use symbols made of wedge shapes and lines.

  4. Scribes The people who specialized in writing were called scribes. They were professional record keepers and considered highly respected by Sumerian people

  5. Pictographs Symbols known as “picture writing.” Sumerians drew pictographs on clay tablets

  6. Civilization Society and culture grew more complex over time and led to an advanced level of development in social and political organization

  7. Ziggurat An ancient Sumerian or Babylonian temple that rose in a series of steplike levels

  8. Mesopotamia The “land between two rivers.” the two rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates.

  9. Homo erectus • Found in Africa, Asia, and Europe • First to move out of Africa

  10. Homo habilis • Found in east Africa • First to make stone tools

  11. Homo sapiens • Found in Africa, Europe, and Asia • Physically modern humans

  12. Australopithecine • Found in southern and eastern Africa • First humanlike creature to walk upright

  13. Hominids • A human-like creature that walks on two feet

  14. Artifact • A human-made object

  15. Fossil • The remains of plants or animals preserved in the ground

  16. Neanderthal Man • Ancient remains found in Europe

  17. Irrigation • The watering of crops

  18. Agriculture • Planting seeds to raise and grow crops

  19. Domesticate • To grow and take care of wild plants and animals

  20. Hammurabi’s Code • A code of laws that is sometimes referred to as an “eye for an eye.” • Hammurabi was a powerful king who ruled the Babylonian Empire. • The code of laws included 282 laws that covered business, property, and conduct toward other people • conduct is another word for behavior

  21. Fertile Crescent • Land that stretched in a curve from the Mediterranean sea through Mesopotamia • Fertile Crescent had rich soil and water that made the area good for farming

  22. Essential Questions??? • How did farming change the way people lived? Answer: People began to settle and live in villages permanently

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